Critical Mineral Resources for the 21st Century

Project tasks

This project will address mineral resource and supply issues for less-common critical minerals, particularly those that are of increasing importance to the national economy on account of their use in emerging technologies.
Key targets for research are gaps in understanding of the nature and formation of economic deposits of these minerals and the implications of deposit-type characteristics for economic and environmentally sound extraction and use of these minerals.
The following minerals of interest have been identified to date: